Operation 1.10 · Crediting funds to accounts

Depositing cash by residents to an account or deposit with a foreign bank.

Status
permitted
PeriodNo restrictions
WhoResident individual, Resident legal entity / sole trader

Instruments

Other operations in this section

1.1Crediting foreign currency by a resident individual to their own foreign accounts from a Russian account, without any limit on the amount.Permitted1.2Crediting foreign currency by a resident individual to their own foreign accounts by transfer without opening a bank account, including transfers of electronic money from Russia, without any limit on the amount.Permitted1.3Crediting foreign currency to one's own foreign accounts (other than the cases listed below).Permitted1.4Crediting to a resident's foreign accounts foreign currency received as dividends on shares of Russian joint-stock companies or as distributed profit of Russian LLCs, partnerships and cooperatives — regardless of the date and currency (other than the case below).Prohibited1.5Crediting the same dividends/profit in roubles from a rouble account to a rouble account, including subsequent conversion of the roubles into foreign currency on the foreign account.Permitted1.6Crediting foreign currency from dividends/profit to accounts with foreign banks that are subsidiaries of Russian banks.Permitted1.7Crediting to accounts with banks in EAEU states or states with automatic exchange of financial information foreign currency received from non-residents as repayment under loan agreements concluded before 14 April 2018.Permitted1.8Conversion of roubles received on a resident's foreign accounts into foreign currency and crediting it to the foreign account.Permitted1.9Receipt by an individual on foreign accounts of salary, rent, coupons and dividends on securities and other interest from non-residents.Permitted1.11Crediting, including by foreign-trade participants, on any grounds to electronic means of payment of resident legal entities: export proceeds, refund of import prepayments, loan repayment.Permitted1.12Crediting on any grounds to electronic means of payment of resident individuals; for amounts received from a non-resident under a loan agreement — subject to repatriation to accounts with authorised Russian banks (notes 7, 9, 10 to Art. 15.25 of the Administrative Offences Code).Permitted1.13Crediting, including by foreign-trade participants, to foreign accounts of resident legal entities on any grounds: export proceeds, refund of prepayments, loan repayment.Permitted1.14Crediting to foreign accounts of resident individuals on any grounds; for a loan from a non-resident — subject to repatriation to accounts with authorised Russian banks.Permitted

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